Studio H is a public high school "design/build" curriculum that sparks rural community development through real-world, built projects.

By learning through a design sensibility, applied core subjects, and industry-relevant construction skills, students develop the creative capital, critical thinking, and citizenship necessary for their own success and for the future of their communities.

Over the course of one calendar year, students earn high school and college credit, and are paid a summer wage to build the community project they have spent the year designing and prototyping. This past year, we designed and built some crazy chicken coops for families in need, and a 2,000-square-foot farmers market pavilion for our hometown of Town of Windsor, North Carolina.

Studio H is a different kind of classroom. We design, build, and transform.

Studio H is offered to junior-year students from the Bertie County public school system in North Carolina. A bit about Bertie County:

> 27 people per square mile

> Agricultural economy (crops: tobacco, cotton, peanuts, soy)

> Poorest county in the state (by household income, US Census)